Ag Criã³st An Siã³l Lyrics - The Priests - The Priests

Ag Criost An Siol, Ag Criost and fomhar 

With Christ of the seed, with Christ of the harvest 

I n-Iothlainn De, go dtugtar Sinn 

In the granary of God, may we be taken 

Ag Criost an Mhuir, ag Criost an t-iasc 

With Christ of the sea, with Christ of the fishes 

I lionta De go gcastar sinn, 

In the lines of God may we be entwined. 

O fhas go h-aois, is o aois go bas 

From growth to age and from age to death 

Do dha laimh a Chriost anall tharainn 

Your two hands o Christ hither draw us. 

O bhas go crioch, ni crioch ach athfhas 

From death to the end, not the end, but all eternity 

I bParrthas na nGrast go rabhaimid 

In paradise of the blessed may we reside. 

**(This is an old Sean O' Riada air set to words in honor of the pope's visit to 

Ireland in September 1979. Paddy was one of the first people to introduce this 

song in it's 'Sean-Nos' style to audiences and congregations on both sides of 

the Atlantic. It's plaintive, mystical air has been heard at many, many Irish 

funerals as well as Irish weddings where the lyrics remind all of the eternal 

cycles of growth, age, death, and beyond to the paradise of the blessed.)